Your Wedding & Marriage Journey:

From Yes to I Do & Beyond

WITH OMISHAN ADESUWA

After saying yes to the “Will you marry me?” question, our brains (particularly for us women) tend to go right into wedding planning mode. When most couples get engaged, their focus is usually very short sighted. They spend all their time and energy planning for a beautiful wedding, and fail to plan for their marriage. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about wedding planning, so today, let’s talk about marriage planning.

LOVE is in the air and engagement rings are popping up everywhere! Now some of you haven’t been asked that special question just yet, but you can feel it coming. You find yourself bracing yourself every time your partner asks you to go to dinner, or bends down to tie his shoe. You may not know the exact moment it's coming, but you will begin to notice things in his behavior or in his conversation. So, these are just a few things you might want to start to think about when you feel a proposal is on the horizon.

There are so many questions that come up from engaged couples and their families and guests. They don't always require long explanations, so this is a “Frequently Asked Wedding Questions” series that I'll do every so often to answer some of those burning questions. Today's questions are all about wedding planning and money.

If you are newly engaged and are in the thick of deciding how much money to spend on your wedding, but you also have debt, you are not alone. Many couples are in this exact situation. But the difference between you and them is that you are being smart to even ask this question. So, if you are in this camp, I’m going to breakdown exactly what you and your fiancé need to do to pay for your wedding while being in debt.

So, you're thinking about the style of your big day and realize that whatever style you choose will dictate how your guests should dress. So, in this post, I’m breaking down the wedding attire mystery. This will give you an understanding of how you want your guests to be dressed and what attire verbiage you want to include in your invitation suite, so your guests know exactly what the appropriate attire is for your wedding celebration.

Because most brides are really excited about choosing their vendors, I am giving you some advice on how to make your decisions. In this post, I will give you some tips on how best to choose your wedding photographer.

Wedding websites have their purposes. It gives you the opportunity to share a little about your love story and provide valuable information to your family and friends about your wedding activities. If you decide to include a wedding website in your engagement journey, or you’re still on the fence about it, I want to give you a few tips and details you may want to include.

In the world of weddings, many couples jump into their wedding planning journeys without having thought about all their options. If you decide to be your own wedding planner, don't go into it blindly with no direction or guidance. Instead, be coached on how to do it successfully. So today, let’s dig into why hiring a wedding consultant when planning your own wedding is a REALLY GOOD IDEA.

If your relationship begins to suffer because you aren’t paying enough attention to it or it’s no longer a priority, then what’s really the point of the whole wedding? So, don’t let your wedding planning be in vain. Follow these tips to keep your relationship first so you will have a marriage to speak of after your wedding.